The New England School of Whole Health Education

The New England School
of Whole Health Education®

The New England School of Whole Health Education
3 Cameron Place Wellesley, Massachusetts 02482
Phone: 1-888-354-HEAL (4325)
e-mail:

About Us

Welcome / 5
Philosophy / 7
History / 9
Location
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Programs / 13
In-Person vs. Self-Directed / 15
Track A: Whole Health Education / 17
Track B: Whole Health Educator for Nurses / 25
Track C: Enhanced Medical Assisting / 33
Track D: Continuing Ed Credits / 41
Track E: Whole Health Skills / 45
Track F: Life–Work Coaching / 47
Track G: To Be a Human Being
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Course Listings
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Advisory Board

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Faculty / 65
Graduates / 71
Graduate Comments / 79
Student Comments / 81
Job Placement / 85
Career Counseling / 87
Financial Aid / 89

Admissions

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FAQ / 93
Calendar / 95
For more information... / 97
Tuition
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Application / 103

Welcome

Welcome to the New England School of
Whole Health Education!

Are you looking for work with purpose and integrity?

The New England School of Whole Health Education’s whole health-focused curriculums offer an evidence-based, scientific education delivered in a “whole-istic” teaching format. This approach integrates the most current scientific research with the wisdom ancient spiritual teachings and a natural outlook on healing. If you are seeking a health science education focused on purposeful work with integrity and compassion, this program is for you!

How do I know if this program will meet my needs and provide the training I require?
What kind of work can I expect to do after I complete my training?

Our unique approach to health education fosters authentic, organic learning. We view teaching and learning as a cooperative interaction which leads both teacher and student into a deeper understanding of life and its mysteries. Our programs are non-competitive, stress-free and filled with humor and fun!

Our student body is comprised of a diverse group of individuals. Regardless of background, be they physicians, nurses, medical specialists, or those seeking new, more satisfying careers, students say our curriculums are “exactly what has been missing” from their previous educational experience.

The type of work you do after completing a Whole Health Education program wiII depend on your previous education and training, as well as your present goals. Many graduates are licensed health care professionals who bring the Whole Health Education skills they received at NESWHE to their current field of work.

Our Enhanced Medical Assisting training can open the door to a new career, and our
Whole Health Skills training and Whole Health Educator program for Nurses can enhance practitioners’ offerings to their patients. Our Whole Health Educator and Life–Work Coaching programs are ideal for those who “march to the beat of their own drum” and have a clear vision of how they would like to incorporate this training into meaningful work. While certified Whole Health Educators can work in established mainstream health-related programs, a significant number have created their own unique “right work” utilizing the instruction of the Whole Health Education program. See page 71 for graduate profiles.

We offer job placement for qualified graduates through Kelly Healthcare Resources® and Kelly Placement®. Kelly is one of the largest placement agencies in the world and enthusiastically supports NESWHE graduates. In addition, we provide First Year graduates with an on-line career counseling consultation with Carole St. Germaine, M.A., a holistic career counselor and member of the NESWHE faculty.

For more information about our programs, financial aid or registration, we invite you to contact us at 1-888-354-HEAL (4325)

Welcome

Philosophy

Our Philosophy

Every person deserves respect,
compassion, and justice.
Those who treat another otherwise
diminish themselves and all of us,
each a unique and irreplaceable
part of the human family.

Nature is the reflection of the innate order,
perfection and interrelationships of creation.
Life is not only physical and chemical,
mental and emotional;
it is also an expression of a profound spirituality,
which we do not yet fully understand.

Given this, it becomes appropriate
to approach health care
from a whole person oriented philosophy
which is educational, focused on disease prevention
and, to the extent possible, fully engages the participation
of individuals in their health recovery process

History

In the Beginning…

Statement by the Founder of Whole Health Education®

as submitted to the Norman Cousins Award Committee
of the Fetzer Institute

In 1976, I moved to Boston to complete post-graduate studies in clinical nutrition and begin a private practice in whole health care. I also accepted an invitation to teach a course on “Principles of a Whole Health Practice.” When a student asked, “What does an ideal whole health practice looked like?” I spent considerable time reflecting on that question. As this ideal practice began to emerge in my mind, it was a total surprise. It was not a “practice” model at all, but an education model focused on being with the patient, rather than practicing on him; on educating the patient, rather than merely treating her symptoms. It was a “relationship-centered patient education model”!

Whole Health Education is the product of a 27-year process. Maslow’s five-stage hierarchy, Sir Isaac Newton’s Third law, Mother Theresa’s example of love-centered service, Buddha’s wisdom that everything is everything, and the Golden Rule meld into a perspective that encourages an appreciation for patients as whole and unique human beings. It combines one-to-one peer counseling with respectful listening, unconditional presence, the big picture of health andcurrent evidence-based medical and alternative health information. Our objective in creating this model was to invite people into the process of their own healing and self-care. It provided the basis for a new health care modality:Whole Health Education. By 1980, this model of patient interaction was being utilized at a Boston-area hospital, where an additional nine years of clinical formation helped craft Whole Health Education into its present form.

The philosophy and application of Whole Health Education illustrate that, be it the practice of medicine or business, the micro-relationship of practitioner to patient or the macro-relationship of business to community, there is a rightness of relationship which serves the common good:

When we

listen respectfully,
are fully present,
act justly and compassionately,
understand that we do not heal others,
invite rather than direct, and
recognize that each person possesses innate wisdom
we create healing and transformational relationships.

A successful patient education model, Whole Health Education is also a way of being in relationship with others. It demonstrates a transformational power in clinical trials and environments when patients, physicians and caregivers experience being known in a profoundly respectful way. It honors their emotional, social and spiritual selves, affirming that they are unique and irreplaceable parts of the human family. Whole Health Education represents a renaissance of relationship-centered care and has been called “a touchstone for the future of health care.”

It is an extraordinary privilege to steward this humble and simple vision which springs forth from the collective consciousness of the human soul. It has evolved in its own time to befriend us, to remind us of how we can be with one another. It is a response to the heart’s longing for the rapture which comes from embracing our authentic self, for in each of us lies the seed of potential for that wondrous possibility!

Dr. Georgianna Donadio
Program Director and Founder
The New England School of Whole Health Education

Location

Our Location

NESWHE Administrative offices:
3 Cameron Place
Wellesley, MA02482

Getting there: The office is accessible by public transportation via the Framingham-Worcester commuter rail service and is open during normal business hours. Please call ahead for an appointment at 1-888-354-HEAL (4325),
or fax 781-431-0017, or inquire by e-mail at .

In-person Classes
Whole Health Education, All Tracks

Stearns Auditorium
New England Medical Center
800 Washington Street
Boston, MA

Getting there: The New England Medical Center is the chief teaching hospitaI for Tufts University School of Medicine, and is located adjacent to the theatre district in downtown Boston. It is accessible by T via the Orange Line, New England Medical
Center T stop. Ample public parking is available across the street at the main entrance of the hospital, with discounted parking available for students.

In-Person Classes
Life–Work Coaching with Carole St. Germaine

Work-Soul Institute
32 Pinnacle Road
Harvard, MA 01451

Getting there: In-Person Life–Work Coaching classes are taught by Carol St. Germaine at the Work-Soul Institute in Harvard, MA.

Program Options

NESWHE is committed to serving all students as unique learners. We support this commitment by developing options that serve students’ individual career goals, learning needs and lifestyles.

All programs are offered in two formats:

In-person programs
Self-directed independent study programs

These options allow you to choose the method of learning most appropriate for your lifestyle and schedule

Curriculums may be combined to enhance career skills or job placement, at significant savings. The most popular example of program combining is the Whole Health Educator certification program with the add-on of Enhanced Medical Assisting training.

NESWHE offers seven whole health-focused programs called Tracks, which include:
Track A: Whole Health Education certification training
Track B: Whole Health Educator program for Nurses
Track C: Enhanced Medical Assisting with whole health patient educator training
Track D: Approved Continuing Education contact hours for Nurses and Social Workers
Track E: Whole Health Skills training for healthcare practitioners
Track F: Life–Work Coaching certification
Track G: To Be a Human Being, a self-care curriculum

NESWHE also offers a wide variety of payment options and Sallie Mae student loans for qualified applicants.

In-Person vs. Self-Directed

In-Person vs. Self-Directed Classes

What is the difference between in-person and self-directed classes?
Both in-person and self-directed curriculums include:

Instructional videotaped classes

Class notes and outlines

On-line support

Unique student access features

A toll-free student call-in number

A one year on-line medical library subscription

Financial aid

Career counseling

Job placement assistance

Access to job listings

All students receive Whole Health Education instruction, curriculum and materials.
The in-person student is required to view all videotaped classes as part of the coursework.

The in-person curriculum presents CORE Whole Health Education courses, as well as four introductory healing modality workshops.

The CORE courses consist of: Whole Health Philosophy, Integrated Anatomy and Physiology, and Whole Person Nutrition.

The healing modalities include: Medicinal Herbs, Acute Care Homeopathy, Energy Healing and Clinical Hypnosis & Visualization for Self-Healing.

NESWHE offers the in-person curriculums as an affordable option for those who learn best in an interactive environment. This option provides an opportunity to interact with instructors and like-minded students.

Track A: Whole Health Education

This program has been nominated for the prestigious
Norman Cousins Award for
Best Practice in Relationship-Centered Care

“...the radical idea that people should have access to accurate, evidence-based information as part of their treatment is an important and visionary advance in medical care.”

David M. Lawrence, M.D., M.P.H.
Former Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc.

Our WHOLE HEALTH EDUCATION or
Certified WHOLE HEALTH EDUCATOR
Two-year, part-time program for students
without previous medical training

Our Track A Whole Health Education program provides an evidence-based, scientific education delivered through a “whole-istic” teaching format. This approach integrates the most current scientific research with the wisdom of ancient spiritual teachings and a natural outlook on healing. If you are seeking a health science education focused on purposeful work with integrity and compassion, this program is for you! The Track A program provides an understanding of the big picture of health, which includes the physical, emotional, nutritional, environmental and spiritual aspects of our lives, and the impact it has on our health.
Track A offers two options:

A two-year study program in Whole Health Education, which can be enhanced to a certification as a

Whole Health Educator by completing a five-day intensive training in Whole Health Education patient counseling skills. This Intensive is conducted in person at the
New England Medical Center in Boston, MA. The student must also complete a concise, self-directed externship project.

A Whole HealthEducation certificate of study will be awarded to students who complete only the two-year program without attending the in-person Intensive.

A Whole HealthEducator certificate will be awarded to students who complete both the two-year program and the in-person one-week skills Intensive conducted at the New England Medical Center in Boston, MA.

As an alternative to traditional testing, students are required to complete

Two self-directed papers or projects for the First Year program, and

Two self-directed papers or projects for the Second Year program.

This requirement applies both to students who wish to receive a two-year certificate of study in Whole Health Education and to those who want to be certified as Whole Health Educators.

Both two-year Track A program options include:

56 Instructional videotaped classes

Class notes and outlines

On-line support

Unique student access features

A toII-free student caII-in number

A one year on-line medical library subscription

Financial aid

Career counseling

Job placement assistance

Access to job listings

Why Whole Health Education?

“Information alone is just not enough. Patients need much more support to change behavior than just giving them information.”

Dr. Philip Greenland
Northwestern University, Chicago
Study results published in JAMA

“As a physician, I find that Whole Health Educators are incredibly supportive in my attempt to help patients regain or maintain wellness. The Educators reinforce knowledge, motivate patient behavior, and have the time to help remove barriers to wellness. Whole Health Education is a very potent, valuable tool in helping patients transform their lives.”

Harvey Zarren, M.D., FACC
Principal Investigator-Whole Health Education Pilot Study
Union Hospital, Lynn, MA, a Partners HealthCare Affiliate

Our Focus

The focus of Whole Health Education is to create a new role for patient education and provide health care environments with a model of relationship-centered interaction. Apart from critical care, education is the most urgent need in our health care system today.

Our certified Whole Health Education training program does not train students to heal, treat or cure. Instead, it emphasizes that people can create their own wellness when provided with respectful listening, unconditional presence and information appropriate to their concerns.

In creating the Whole Health Education training, we endeavor to meet the needs of today’s changing health care environment. It is now well documented[1] that the largest expenditure in our health care system today is for chronic conditions caused by lifestyle and habit, not for individuals who are disabled or institutionalized.

Data compiled by Dr. Roger Jahnke[2] and presented to the American College of Health Care Executives identifies “lack of information, as the #1 root cause of death.” Chronic conditions caused by habit and lifestyle require a change of behavior to correct them. To change behavior, new information is needed.

Whole Health Education provides this information to clients in a peer-based format, using uniquely crafted educational tools to present the whole picture of health andexpIain the five aspects of health: physical, emotional, nutritional, environmental and spiritual.

In the American managed health care system, providers do not have time to locate health information or fully educate their patients. Michael Barry, M.D., of Mass. General Hospitals’ Practice Evaluation Center, states[3], “Time is certainly a major issue in trying to incorporate shared decision making into office practice.”

The certified Whole Health Educator acts as an information resource by researching, for cIients and physicians, the most current evidence-based health information related to their health concerns. This information assists patients to clearly understand the causes and effects involved in their conditions. It also provides them with tools to converse more effectively with their physicians and to experience greater control over their health care choices.

By special arrangement, NESWHE provides Whole Health Education students with an on-line medical library subscription to Natural Standard, based in Cambridge, MA, provides the most current evidenced-based, peer-reviewed CAM health information in the world. This outstanding library of medical information was acquired from over 50 renowned academic institutions. It is utilized to provide patients, providers and family members with the most accurate and current medical research information available. This information is presented to the patient through the unique whole person health information model developed by NESWHE.

By empowering patients with a clear big picture understanding of their condition, this model of health information supports and improves the patient–provider relationship by placing patients at the center of their health care experience and healing process.